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Byzantine Emperors Who Abandoned Everything to Become Monks
Imagine being a Byzantine Emperor and all of a sudden, deciding to abandon everything and become a monk in a monastery.
Photo Gallery: From Greek monastery on island cliffside, prayer lift up wonders of the night sky
For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at ...
Meet the monk who lives in the cliffs on a Greek holiday island
On the Greek island of Amorgos, nestled within a cliffside monastery seemingly untouched by time, Father Spyridon Denaxas ...
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Living on the Edge: The Hermit Monks of Mount Athos’ Karoulia Cliffs
For the hermit monks of Karoulia, the most remote area of Mount Athos, climbing dangerous rocks and prayer are a part of ...
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Lent with Matta El Maskine: Meeting God in solitude
In the silence of the desert, Matta El Maskine (1919–2006) found God—and transformed modern Coptic monasticism. His life of ...
An AP photographer uses the clouds to give his shot depth and clarity
An AP photographer captured a visual story about Father Spyridon, the monk depicted in the image, using the clouds to give ...
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The monk who lives in the cliffs of a Greek tourist island
The island's Orthodox Christian monks ... Days of work and prayer starting well before dawn Monks' days tend to be anchored in busy schedules of worship and work, since the monasteries have ...
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Photo Gallery: From Greek monastery on island cliffside, prayer lift up wonders of the night sky
AMORGOS, Greece (AP) — For more than a millennium, Orthodox Christian monks have woken up in the predawn darkness to start their day with prayer at the Panagia Hozoviotissa Monastery ...